ISS and Glass Lewis Recommend SWS Group Stockholders Vote "FOR" Proposed $100 Million Capital Raise (SWS, HTH)

SWS Group, Inc. SWS today announced that two of the nation's leading proxy advisory firms, Institutional Shareholder Services and Glass Lewis & Co, recommend that SWS Group stockholders vote "FOR" the issuance of warrants to each of Hilltop Holdings Inc. HTH and Oak Hill Capital Partners (together, the "Investors") pursuant to its definitive Funding Agreement with the Investors. ISS' and Glass Lewis' recommendations are relied upon by hundreds of major institutional investment firms, mutual funds and other fiduciaries.